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pageant |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pageant \Pag"eant\, a. Of the nature of a pageant; spectacular. ``Pageant pomp.'' --Dryden. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pageant \Pag"eant\, v. t. To exhibit in show to represent; to mimic. [R.] ``He pageants us.'' --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pageant \Pag"eant\ (p[a^]j"ent or p[=a]"jent; 277), n. [OE. pagent, pagen, originally, a movable scaffold or stage, hence what was exhibited on it fr LL pagina, akin to pangere to fasten; cf L. pagina page, leaf, slab, compaginare to join together, compages a joining together, structure. See {Pact}, {Page} of a book.] 1. A theatrical exhibition; a spectacle. ``A pageant truly played.'' --Shak. To see sad pageants of men's miseries. --Spenser. 2. An elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainmeut of a distinguished personage, or of the public; a show spectacle, or display. The gaze of fools, and pageant of a day ! --Pope. We love the man, the paltry pageant you --Cowper. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pageant n 1: an elaborate representation of scenes from history etc usually involves a parade with rich costumes [syn: {pageantry}] 2: a rich and spectacular ceremony [syn: {pageantry}]
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